Edward Leigh

Tue, 14 May 2013 22:32:25 GMT

Source: skeptical-voter.org --- Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Remark: "if indeed there is global warming" ← Older revision Revision as of 22:32, 14 May 2013 Line 53: Line 53: ==Sex Education== ==Sex Education== Mr Leigh was one of the co-presenters of [[Nadine Dorries]]' Sex Education (Required Content) "10 minute" Bill, although he did not vote in the only Parliamentary vote on the Bill in May 2011http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmhansrd/cm110504/debtext/110504-0001.htm#stpa_o51. The Bill stated that "such education must include information and advice on the benefits of abstinence from sexual activity"http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-12/sexeducationrequiredcontent.html. It was criticised for only applying to sex education for girls, not boys, with critics also pointing to evidence that abstinence-only sex education (which does not necessarily lead to abstinence itself) does not protect young people from unwanted pregnancies or STIshttp://www.thetwentyfirstfloor.com/?p=2325 (although this was not a bill advocating abstinence-only sex education, it would have meant that the only required elements of sex education would be basic information on reproductionhttp://www.drpetra.co.uk/blog/what-do-we-want-from-sex-and-relationships-education/, plus this new content on abstinence, with further content being up to the individual school)http://educationforchoice.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/abstain-from-abstinence-please-dorries.htm ...